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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by e1ven on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:38PM (#15749731)
It's not there yet, but mobile broadband is becoming increasingly viable.

It's far from ideal, but 4 (soon 3) competitors are better than the 1 choice I have for wired broadband.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by dragonwriter on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:43PM (#15749803)
Mobile broadband also has an oligopoly (with some of the same players, hi AT&T), and all the provider power issues that apply to fixed broadband;the neutrality rules being repealed applied to them, too (but even they allowed mobile operators more non-neutral action.)

I don't know why you think mobile broadband is in any way going to be better in the non-neutral net.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by tehwebguy on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:42PM (#15749777)
Sure, with tiny data caps and even more artificial restrictions on speeds and content.
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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by cortesoft on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @01:36PM (#15750356)
It is unusable for gaming.
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